Stedman's Medical Dictionaryhas been thoroughly reviewed and updated by consultants from all the major medical and health science specialities. New consultants were added to this edition covering the specialities of Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, and Rheumatology. Enhancements such as these make this dictionary the most reliable, must-have resource available for healthcare.
Stedman's 26th edition has taken on a whole new look. Color illustrations have been added to highlight important definitions and provide a more exciting visual approach to medical language. There are also 12,000 new terms that reflect the dynamic growth of fields such as biotechnology, biochemistry, genetics, embryology, epidemiology, radiology, and neurology. In addition, 125 high-profile terms are highlighted in green.
This edition includes select nursing terminology, alternative British spellings, and Canadian content
Now in its Second Edition, this reference text contains over 50,000 essential anatomical and physiologic terms. Perfect for desktops, this easy-to-navigate tool is fully cross-referenced, with features that include boldfaced main entries and indented subentries, terms that are reviewed by an advisory board before production, and an appendix that includes anatomical illustrations, a list of English-Latin anatomy words, and tables of ligaments and tendons, muscles, bones, arteries, and nerves.
Book by Stedman, J.L.